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Monday, July 1, 2013

Testing the response

I don't think it's too much of an overstatement to say that if you've never played a game of real-life Angry Birds then you're not dong youth ministry correctly.

All it requires is a few different coloured cushions (to be the different birds), some targets to be the pigs (we used cheap cartoon skull-caps) and a HEAP of cardboard boxes.This term I've played the game twice.And I've used A LOT of boxes.So, like anyone in youth ministry, I asked my church for help when in need of ridiculous amounts of a generic item.And I got a lot of boxes. Some extremely useful. Some... appreciated... but not exactly what I was asking for.In fact, I had too many boxes. Way too many.But I didn't withdraw the request for cardboard cubes because I wanted to catch the vibe of my new church.For this was the first time I'd really requested help of this kind.Not a request for money.Not a request which would cost time.Just a simple request for accessible items.Now I have a much better idea who is willing to help out.Now I know who will, some surprisingly, drop off a stack of boxes "because they want to help out."And, even though I now have a couple of dozen of boxes which I didn't use, I now have a greater awareness of what the response might be the next time I ask for assistance.